…Gender, Youths, New members, Party faithful get fair representation
By: Sa’ad Alaro, Ilorin
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara on Wednesday released Five hundred and forty-seven (547) names forming the Presidential and Gubernatorial campaign council tagged ‘Unified List’.
In a statement by the party signed by Prince ‘Tunji Moronfoye, PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, He disclosed that the campaign council will be inaugurated into “the Unified State Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaign Council.”
He added that the party hinged on principle of Equity, Fairness, and Justice by selecting members of the ‘Unified List’ across the three Senatorial districts of the state.
According to him, “The three Senatorial districts (Central, North and South) are fairly represented on the unified campaign council.
“We at the PDP understand clearly that to achieve progress in Kwara state all Senatorial districts must be carried along in our quest for greatness. In addition to the above, our selection process took cognizance of gender, youths and our new members.
The percentages of each demographic group are as follows;
Disclosing the percentage distributed to various tendencies of the party, “Female Members 25%, Youth members 25%, New members 20%, Party faithfuls 30%.”
Recanting the successes of the party, the party’s Spokesman started further, “Our loyal members may wish to be reminded of our fair processes during the rancor free party primaries earlier in the year. Till date there are no court cases within the Kwara PDP relating to our party primaries. It is clear that our party leadership team, headed by our undisputed leader, Dr. Abubakar ‘Bukola Saraki (CON) have gained the complete confidence of our teeming party members and supporters.
“We hereby heartily congratulate the meticulouly selected members of the unified campaign Council and remind them of the onerous task ahead, which is to remove the stranglehold of the inept and incompetent All Progressives Congress (APC) regime from the necks of Kwarans in the coming general elections in 2023.
Meanwhile, The party has urged members who made the PDP ‘Unified List’ to check their names published in the National Pilot Newspaper, on Thursday, 8th of December, 2022, adding that the date and venue for the inauguration ceremony would be announced to members in due course.